Facebook Bug Exposes Personal Details of Six Million Users

Facebook bug expose contact detials and email addresses of six million facebook users said social media. A bug led to exposes some contact information such as phone numbers or email addresses, but no financial or other information was leaked to others, and there was no evidence that this bug has been exploited maliciously.

Facebook spokesman said yesterday in a security note, adding it was “upset and embarrased” by the glitch and also said, “We take people’s privacy seriously, and we strive to protect people’s information to the very best of our ability.” The unwarranted sharing would have accurred when a facebook users try to download an archive of their account through “Download Your Information (DYI) tool.

After review and confirmation of the bug by our security team, we immediately disabled the (DYI) tool to fix the problem, and we will re-enable (DYI) after we fixed the bug.